Careers
Help support the social and affordable housing sector by pursuing a career with one of the largest providers of services for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness in Melbourne’s north and west. We want to hear from you if you are looking for a career-enhancing role with a friendly and professional work environment where your contribution is valued.
Unison offers positions to individuals based on merit and where qualifications, experience, skills and abilities match the position requirements. Please send a current resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria to apply for any advertised roles.
Unison is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Unison encourages individuals from diverse backgrounds to join our workforce.
Unison staff benefits
- Access to $15,900 of tax-free salary packaging arrangements, which can add significant value to the earnings of eligible staff.
- Monthly RDO for eligible full-time staff.
- Five weeks of annual leave.
- 17.5% leave loading payment.
- Additional paid parental leave on top of Government entitlements.
- Learning and Development opportunities to ensure that you have the adequate skills to perform your current role, and the opportunity to enhance your work performance to meet your career direction.
- Employee Assistance Program.
Current employment opportunities:
Communications Officer
About Unison
Unison is a not-for-profit organisation that works to reduce disadvantage and social exclusion. We believe that affordable housing is the foundation on which to build a life of value but that a good life takes more than just housing. A good life takes place in a community. Unison also assists over 3,500 people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness each year across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs, Geelong, Werribee and Gippsland.
The role
We’re looking for a digitally-savvy communications all-rounder to join our newly formed People Team, reporting to our Communications and Marketing Manager. Supporting our fresh strategic vision and communications strategy, our communications platforms include our staff intranet, social media channels, website, reports and events.
We’re looking for someone energised by creating impactful communications that bring to life our vision of building thriving communities – internally for our people and externally for our renters and stakeholders. You’ll be someone who is quick to create tailored content for your diverse audience, adept at working across social media and internal comms channels and confident engaging across an organisation to draw out meaningful stories that connect others to Unison’s mission.
In return, you’ll have access to generous salary packaging, five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, rostered days off, 15 days of personal leave, employer paid parental leave and robust wellbeing and capability programs as part of Unison’s commitment to being a leading employer of choice.
$87,000 per annum, plus super. Full-time, ongoing role.
Please find the Position Description below.
Apply now
We’d love to hear from you! If you would like to know more about this position or our application process, please reach out to the Director People at Unison for a confidential discussion at careers@unison.org.au or 0466 903 597.
If you would like to apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@unison.org.au by 5 August 2024.
Senior People Partner
About Unison
Unison is a not-for-profit organisation that works to reduce disadvantage and social exclusion. We believe that affordable housing is the foundation on which to build a life of value but that a good life takes more than just housing. A good life takes place in a community. Unison also assists over 3,500 people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness each year across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs, Geelong, Werribee and Gippsland.
The role
Unison has an opportunity for a Senior People Partner to join our newly formed People Team with a fresh strategic vision. We’re in full creative design mode, reviewing what it takes to create incredible best-fit programs for our people who are working hard to provide housing for those at risk of homelessness. If you would love the opportunity to grow your creative side to people and culture work, but equally love the variety of being a generalist, you’ll be a perfect fit for this role.
Though you will be predominantly based at Unison’s head office in Melbourne, we’re looking for someone who is energised by working closely with all people, on the ground across our various sites. You’ll be working in partnership with our leaders to create a thriving people experience in all of our wellbeing, capability, leadership, recruitment and performance people programs. You’ll also be the go-to person for resolving issues, making sure our policies and procedures are contemporary and fit for purpose and providing advice.
In return, you’ll have access to generous salary packaging, five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, 15 days of personal leave, employer paid parental leave and robust wellbeing and capability programs as part of Unison’s commitment to being a leading employer of choice.
$97,000-106,000 per annum, plus super. Full-time, ongoing role.
Please find the Position Description below.
Apply now
We’d love to hear from you if you would like to know more about this position or our application process. Please reach out to the People Team at Unison for a confidential discussion at careers@unison.org.au or 0466 903 597.
If you would like to apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@unison.org.au by 29 July 2024.
Manager, Maintenance
About Unison
Unison is a not-for-profit organisation that works to reduce disadvantage and social exclusion. We believe that affordable housing is the foundation on which to build a life of value but that a good life takes more than just housing. A good life takes place in a community. Unison also assists over 3,500 people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness each year across Melbourne and surrounding suburbs, Geelong, Werribee and Gippsland.
The role
We’re looking for an experienced Manager, Maintenance to work as part of our Property Team, based at our Melbourne head office but working across all Unison sites. This role will lead our team of Facilities Advisors, ensuring Unison’s properties are maintained to our standards quickly and efficiently, and with quality and care for our renters.
Day-to-day, you’ll coordinate the operations of the Maintenance Team in line with our compliance and regulatory obligations, act as an escalation point for troubleshooting and for critical on-call issues, and maintain open lines of communication with our contractors, renters and teams.
You’ll also be an experienced people leader who develops and supports their team to deepen their professional practice, learn new skills and create career development opportunities within the team by accessing and participating in Unison’s people programs on offer.
In return, you’ll have access to rostered days off, generous salary packaging, five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, 15 days of personal leave, employer paid parental leave and robust wellbeing and capability programs as part of Unison’s commitment to being a leading employer of choice.
$100,000-120,000 per annum, plus super. Full-time, ongoing role.
Please find the Position Description below.
Apply now
We’d love to hear from you if you would like to know more about this position or our application process. Please reach out to the People Team at Unison for a confidential discussion at careers@unison.org.au or 0466 903 597.
If you would like to apply, please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@unison.org.au by 29 July 2024.